Bailey, who starred at La Grange High School, became the third Reds pitcher with more than one no-hitter, joining Jim Maloney and Johnny Vander Meer — still the only big-leaguer to toss two in a row. Bailey beat the Pirates 1-0 in Pittsburgh last Sept. 28 and got another 17 starts later.

“Every dog has its day twice, I guess,” Bailey said. “It felt good to do it in front of the Cincinnati fans.”

The last pitcher to throw one no-hitter and another before anyone else in the majors accomplished the feat was Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan, according to STATS. Baseball's career strikeout king did it for the California Angels on Sept. 28, 1974, against Minnesota, and June 1, 1975, vs. Baltimore.

Now, the Ryan Express has a worthy passenger.

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“Obviously being from Texas and what a legend he is,” said Bailey, who wears No. 34 in tribute to his boyhood idol. “To do it once is extra special. To do it twice — I don't really have the words for it right now.”

Try Ryan-esque.

“He comes from the state of Texas that has produced a lot of no-hitters,” said Reds manager Dusty Baker, who made the final out in one of Ryan's record seven no-hitters.

Bailey (5-6) dominated the defending World Series champs, who are going through quite a slump. It was so neat that there weren't many close calls.

He walked Gregor Blanco leading off the seventh, the only Giants batter to reach base. First baseman Joey Votto alertly threw out Blanco as he tried to advance from second to third on a soft one-hopper that otherwise could have become an infield single for Buster Posey.

“Joey had a great heads-up play. I was almost a little late getting to the bag,” Bailey said.

With 27,509 fans on their feet chanting “Homer! Homer!” Bailey finished it off in the ninth. He jumped to glove Brandon Crawford's high comebacker, struck out Tony Abreu and retired Blanco on a grounder to third baseman Todd Frazier.

“Going into the eighth and ninth I just said, 'Why the hell not?' Here we go again,” Bailey said.

It was the 16th no-hitter in Cincinnati history. No Reds pitcher had thrown a no-no at home since Tom Browning's 1-0 perfect game against the Dodgers at Riverfront Stadium on Sept. 16, 1988.

The Giants were no-hit for the 16th time, the last coming in 2003. Last year was the season of the no-hitter, with seven in all, which tied the modern record. By this point, five had been thrown. So far in 2013, there had been only two close calls.

Texas' Yu Darvish was working on a perfect game when he gave up a two-out single in the ninth to Houston's Marwin Gonzalez during a 7-0 win on April 2. Detroit's Anibal Sanchez gave up a one-out single in the ninth to Minnesota's Joe Mauer in a 6-0 win on May 24.